Dirty dishes are stacked in the sink alongside yet more cans of the energy drink

Angela spent thousands with mechanic husband Tom, 63, decorating the three-bedded terraced house to a standard "she would want to live in".

However, the couple from Colne, Lancashire, have been left with a bill for more than £10,000 in court costs, damage repairs and lost rent since the nightmare tenant stopped paying up in March last year.

She has now been evicted through a court order.

The first-time landlord is now calling for a change in the law to give landlords more power to recoup losses when a property is damaged and to get problem tenants out of a property quicker.